ELECTRIC EEL — Electric eel

No.4 · E · 2026.10

ELECTRIC EELElectric eel Electrophorus electricus

Plug your head into + and your tail into − . Don't touch yourself!

Rule
Plug your head into + and your tail into − at the same time to light the lamp. Touching your own body shorts you out; a fish makes you one longer, a jellyfish one shorter.
Stages
30
Controls
arrows swim · Z undo · X retry · pause menu: restart / stage select
Price
Free, every stage, in the browser
Rating
—
Made with
PICO-8 / Komugi / 2026.10

PLAY · Full screenWalkthrough

The game loads only when you press play. On phones a controller appears below the screen.

  • gameplay
    gameplay
  • The body follows the head. If your head touches your own body — BZZT, short circuit.
  • Eat a fish to grow one segment longer. Touch a jellyfish to shrink one segment.
  • Length is the puzzle: too short and you can't reach both sockets, too long and you can't turn without shorting.

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